The role of palaeoecological records in assessing ecosystem services

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-32

  Jeffers, Elizabeth S ^a   Nogué, Sandra ^a,b   Willis, Katherine J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Ecosystem goods; Ecosystem services; Final ecosystem services; Long term ecological records; Palaeoecology; Proxies

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DENDROECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RECORDS; PALAEOECOLOGY; PROXIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DENDROECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PALEOECOLOGY;

EID: 84921986502     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.12.018     Document Type: Review

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